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Thursday, April 11, 2002
Contact: Peter Bailley
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Barry Bearak, a reporter with the New York Times and 1971 graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, has won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. (Photo: Bearak, far right, stands atop a tank with two Afghan mujahadeen. Download for publication.)
The Pulitzer Prize Board cited Bearak for his "deeply affecting and illuminating coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan."
Bearak earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Knox. He also lettered in track at Knox and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the national academic honor society. Bearak received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois.
"Knox College is proud that Barry Bearak has received this most prestigious recognition for his outstanding reporting of one of the most important news stories of our time," said Roger Taylor, President of Knox College.
Earlier this year, Bearak, a native of Chicago, won a George Polk Award for his coverage of the conflict in Afghanistan.
Bearak and his wife, Celia Dugger, are co-bureau chiefs of the New York Times bureau in New Delhi, India. Before joining the Times in 1997, Bearak was a national correspondent for The Los Angeles Times and a reporter for The Miami Herald.
The New York Times won six other Pulitzers this year for reporting, photography and commentary relating to terrorism worldwide, the conflict in Afghanistan, and the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
Related Pages
Barry Bearak Wins 2001 Polk Award
External Pages
Pulitzer Prize Announcement
Bibliography of New York Times Stories by Barry Bearak
Barry Bearak Discusses International Reporting
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